Flood situation in Assam grim

Guwahati, June 18 (ANI): The flood situation continues to remain grim in Nalbari and Barpeta districts of Assam. Twenty-five villages at Mayanag and Bhuragaon in Morigaon district were flooded by incessant rain and land erosion created havoc in Chirang and Dhubri districts.

At least twenty families moved to safer places in Chirang. Around 1lakh 60 thousand people of 160 villages are still reeling under floodwater. Road communication in most parts has remained paralyzed due to the heavy flood. Crops and many houses have also been damaged in the current wave of floods in these villages.

People have taken shelter at four relief camps set up at Lokhoupur, Gandhibari and Kendubari. The civil hospital at Pathsala has been evacuated on account of rising water levels in the town.

State Agriculture Minister Nilmani Sen Deka visited the flood-affected regions to take a stock of the situation and instructed the officials to provide necessary relief and rescue works.

The State Government has provided two bundles of tin and five thousand rupees to each of the flood victim family for the last few years. (ANI)